This won't be anything like my last time where I was pushing to break into the top 100. No, I'm just doing a burn-in test with my new laptop. May last up to 2 weeks off & on while I try different cooling setups & what-not.

As soon as I got it, tried it out to make sure it wasn't DOA, then pulled the HDD & dropped in 120GB Mushkin Chronos SATA III SSD & Installed Windows 7 Pro - no issues/problems. So I ordered some upgrades!

H100 pump died on my i7-7930, so got a lowly Hyper 212 EVO trying to keep it cool until the beast arrives. Also time to ditch this cheap POS 28" 1920x1200 TN pannel And though it still works fine, I'm replacing my 4 year old Wireless router while I can.

So nothing that's really going to boost Folding at Home... well except the new cooler for the 7930 which should allow for some pretty high overclocking. And potentially a second 660Ti for the PC if one 660Ti can't drive 2560x1600 to my satisfaction. But even then, it's too costly for me to fold very much. Hell, I don't even turn my computer on most days, just do what I need to over my phone to save on electricity.

Laptop may be able to fold, but it's for my business, so other than this burn-in & maybe a challenge or two, it'll probably not fold much at all.

I'll toss up some pics later.

Oh, yea, I'm also stashing away $1,200 to pickup one of those new i7-4960X CPU's once they're released

My folding has slowed a lot too because of needing to run the AC all day. Got about another month of 100+ then I should be back up and running. The wife is out of work right now so that might delay things...time will tell.

Easye, that big push cost more in electricity than I had calculated, by about 15%, so that killed my folding funds....

Gero, thanks for the offer, but the exact model 660Ti I originally purchased and am using, is still stocked at Newegg, so if I do decide that I need to go that route, I'll not only have dual 660Ti's but TWIN 660Ti's.

Now the promised pics: Lighting & general photography here sucks, but you'll get the jist....

Viewed from behind with cover closed: This is a really nice dark grey brushed aluminum cover. The logo is illuminated when cover is open & laptop turned on.

Nice to see you back even if it's just for a brief spell. I was having problems with the 2x radeon 4870s in my gaming PC, so I stole the 650 Ti from my server/folding machine. Kept folding on it for a while to make a push to 20 mil, but couldn't keep it up due to heat in my home office, so now my PPD took a big dive until I can afford a new gaming card and get the 650 back to folding.

Sadly, for me, the 'space heater' thingy, won't be working out too well.... The damned Kraken X60 is just too damned good for that

Running F@H on it overnight with 1 of the two fans not working (I may not have plugged it in to the controller...), the software set to "silent", CPU clocked at a mild 3.5GHz

In comparison: with the H100 running two 120mm fans & two 140mm fans (all 4 at max speed/pump set to max performance), and the CPU at 3.2GHz, F@H averaged 68-72C depending on Work Unit.

Once I get that second fan plugged in or replaced (as needed), there won't be much space heating going on... unless I'm encoding video & crank the CPU up to 5GHz But that'll have to wait for the new case to arrive. The only place I could fit the Kraken in the current case was the side panel, & that leaves the water hoses all scrunched up disturbing the airflow within the case

Sadly, for me, the 'space heater' thingy, won't be working out too well.... The damned Kraken X60 is just too damned good for that

Running F@H on it overnight with 1 of the two fans not working (I may not have plugged it in to the controller...), the software set to "silent", CPU clocked at a mild 3.5GHz

In comparison: with the H100 running two 120mm fans & two 140mm fans (all 4 at max speed/pump set to max performance), and the CPU at 3.2GHz, F@H averaged 68-72C depending on Work Unit.

Once I get that second fan plugged in or replaced (as needed), there won't be much space heating going on... unless I'm encoding video & crank the CPU up to 5GHz But that'll have to wait for the new case to arrive. The only place I could fit the Kraken in the current case was the side panel, & that leaves the water hoses all scrunched up disturbing the airflow within the case

Of course this now means that I have absolutely NO REASON to upgrade to Ivy-Bridge E when it becomes available.

You really released the Kraken!! And if I had SB-E I would hang onto it for dear life, unless maybe if I had a 3820 and wanted the extra cores and unlocked multiplier, but even still, IVB-E is a pretty incremental improvement.

After I got my new 7950 I pumped it up to 1GHz and folded on it for a few days along with smp:4, was enjoying my 100k PPD but not the heat or electricity cost, so it's back to a couple low to mid-range GPUs 24/7 for me, which isn't so bad when the 650 Ti actually gets Core 17 WUs (hoping more of those come available soon, GPU QRB is nice)

You really released the Kraken!! And if I had SB-E I would hang onto it for dear life, unless maybe if I had a 3820 and wanted the extra cores and unlocked multiplier, but even still, IVB-E is a pretty incremental improvement.

Actually, from checking out all the reviews, the only improvement is in the wattage department. My overclocked 3930k performs better than a stock 4960X, but uses more electricity. But even if electric skyrocketed to $1 per KWh, it would still take 2 years to recoup the price of a 4960X in saved electricity costs.

Now anyone who does have a 3820 can get a pretty nice upgrade out of IB-E, but IMO, Intel really screwed the pooch & gave anyone who already has a 6-core CPU absolutely no reason to upgrade. I knew the improvements would be marginal, which was why I thought (around this time last year) they might release an 8-core version of IB-E as the X chip... But in everything that matters to me, there are no meaningful performance increases, 1 or 2% better just doesn't cut it for a $1k+ CPU. Now if they had delivered the same 4930k & 4960x chips in a 100W package, that could be worth an upgrade....

Definitely! There was speculation that one of the IB-E might've been 8c/16t, but looks like that will have to wait close to another year or so until Haswell-E. Meanwhile I'm sitting with my 1090T @ 3.8GHz with one of the cores disabled (my air cooler can't keep temps safe 'n' sane otherwise), and even jumping up to a 4770K would be a big step up for me. *starts saving pennies*

Definitely! There was speculation that one of the IB-E might've been 8c/16t, but looks like that will have to wait close to another year or so until Haswell-E. Meanwhile I'm sitting with my 1090T @ 3.8GHz with one of the cores disabled (my air cooler can't keep temps safe 'n' sane otherwise), and even jumping up to a 4770K would be a big step up for me. *starts saving pennies*

I went from 1055t @3.2GHz to the 3930k... for video editing, that was a GIANT leap forwards & well worth all the pennies

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